- Free and open to the public
- Free copies of Hypergifted for the first 100 families
- Presentation and Q&A by author Gordon Korman
- Meet the author followed by a book sale and signing
- Bus scholarships available for student groups – full scholarships for public schools, partial scholarships for private schools upon availability. For information, email info@inprint.org
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Discounted books available through Brazos Bookstore
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Doors open at 2:15 pm with pre-show activities by the Houston Zoo’s electronics recycling program! Stop by their table to drop off your small electronics for recycling, and learn more about how recycling e-waste helps wildlife and people in Houston and around the world. Proceeds from the Zoo’s recycling program benefit gorilla conservation partners in the Congo River Basin. Please see the list of accepted items to be sure your device is on the list.
The 2025/2026 Inprint Cool Brains! Series proudly presents #1 New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman with his newest book Hypergifted, a funny and heartwarming sequel to his popular books Ungifted and Supergifted .
Gordon Korman published his first novel, This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall, when he was 14 after writing it for his 7th grade English class. Inspiring young readers ever since, he is a New York Times bestselling author of more than 100 books, including The Superteacher Project, The Unteachables, Pop, Notorious, Unplugged, and the Masterminds series. His books have sold more than 35 million copies and have been translated into 32 languages. He lives with his family on Long Island, New York. Known for stories filled with friendship, classroom hijinks, humor, and heart, his books have sold more than 35 million copies and have been translated into 32 languages. You can learn more about his work at gordonkorman.com.
Having appeared virtually with Inprint in 2020 during the height of the COVID pandemic, Korman returns for his highly anticipated second appearance—and first in-person—on the Inprint Cool Brains! Series. In his new book Hypergifted, school has never been a problem for 12-year-old super-genius Noah Youkilis—at least not until he gets an admission letter to the prestigious Wilderton University. The last thing Noah wants is to go straight from eighth grade into college. Will his life ever just be normal?! Meanwhile, Noah’s best friend, Donovan, has been looking forward all year to a summer of doing nothing. But when Wilderton allows Noah to bring a friend for the summer term, Donovan’s parents jump at the chance. Now Noah and Donovan must combine all their middle-school smarts to navigate wacky misadventures, like smuggling a 200-pound pig into their dorm and fixing a haywire AI program before it pretty much ends the world. Kirkus Reviews writes, “Told from multiple points of view, the story is laugh-out-loud funny, and readers will be entertained as Noah and Donovan try to make sense of college life. … A hilarious romp.”
***Please note that the book signing will be conducted on a first-come, first-served basis. Upon entering the theater, people wishing to have books signed will be given a number, and the book signing will take place in numerical order after the on-stage presentation.***